Shirt



March 24, 1931. CQ BEAN 1,798,056

SHIRT Filed Dec. 2o, lzs I 2 sheets-sheet 1 ATTORNEY C. BEAN March 24, 1931.

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CaZf/z'rzedgmmm ATTORNEY` Patented Mar. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES CALVIN BEAN, or sYKEsvInLE, PENNSYLVANIA SHIRT' Application filed December 20, .19219,y Serial No. 415,539l

of the garment will be prolonged.

Another object of the invention embodies the provision and arrangement of panels for this purpose designed for attachment with the garment in such manner that its presence will not detract from the general appearance CII 0f the garment.

An additional object of the invention consists in the formation of pockets between the garment proper and the panel by outlining same by stitching whereby the outer surface of the panels will be free of the usual bulged effect by the formation of pockets thereon.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure l is a fragmentary front elevation of a shirt of the split front type having the reinforcing panel arranged in sections upon opposite sides thereof.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-*2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l of a shirt of the type which is split only from the collar to the waist and is put on by pulling same over the head.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference characters 10 and 11 indicate the front sections of a split front type of shirt. In view of the fact that the incorporation of the present invention with the shirt must be effected during the process of manufacture, it is necessary that the reinforcing panels l2 and 13 should overlap the side edges of the sections 10 and V11 and the adjacent side edges of the shirt back 14 in the manner suggested in Figure 2 of the drawings. The reinforcing panels l2 and 13 extend upwardly upon the front sections of the split front variety of shirt from points below the waist or belt line and terminate in a line across the breast ofV the shirt and in alignment with the vvarmV pits. `Both the upper and loweredges of the lpanels 12 and l3sareV doubled and stitched upon the sections 10 and 11 and tothos-eportions'of the reinforcing seams at the junctures of association of the sleevesvwith the shirt proper. The flapsl and 16 receive the innermost edges of theV associated sections and panels. Those portionsof the vreinforcing panels l2and 13 upon the upper edges thereof are free of stitchedv engagement. for appreciable distances to provide openings therebetween for pockets `which may be created merely by outlining same through knownv processes of stitching. Any number ofy vertical, horizontal, diagonal or curved lines of stitching may be arranged within the confines of the initially formed'rpockets to subdivide'the latter into separate compartments forv the accommodation of pencils', scri-loing tools, measuring instruments vand the like.

In order to form the.. separate compartments, that portion of the panel to be used may also be cut vertically, horizontally, diag onally or curved.

In Figure 3 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of shirt construction which is split only halfway down the front and is put on or otherwise worn by pulling same over the head. The main characteristic or difference between the reinforcing of the shirt instant in contradistinction'to the split front shirt previously mentioned resides in the fact that only one reinforcing panel, such as indicated at 17, is employed. The panel is secured and the pockets formed thereon and between the adjacent surface of the shirt proper after the manner of the preferred form shown in Figures l and 2V of the drawings.

As generally known to those familiar with the manufacture of shirts, the material 11s-ed in the formation of seams has the same color effect as the shirt and the seams are therefore unnoticed at a glance and for this reason the especially formed pockets in the types of shirts illustrated would not be noticed nor appreciated were it not for the provision and arrangementrof a binding o-r wear strip jul? CII

18 upon either or both of the upper edges of the pockets and of diierentiating color. This strip would not only distinguish or set of the entrance to the pocket but would also serve as a means of attraction to prospective buyers.

Although I have shown, described and illustrated my improvement as being applied upon work shirts and the like to reinforce same where the most wear occurs, it is obviously apparent that the principle may be also effectively employed in the manufacture of v Y other forms of shirts requiring reinforce;4

ment peculiar to their use. e

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to mairev such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim;

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is e A front opening garment having an outer body comprising a reinforcing panel disposed entirely across the front and extending from points below the waisty upwardly adjacent the wearers'arm pits, said panel having portions thereof interposed between and secured to the seams for the front opening and side seams of the garment, said panel having portions upon the upper edge thereof unstitched to the adjacent surface of the shirt body to provide entrances therebetween, and the shirt and panel being stitched together upon opposite sides and below the unstitched portions spaced from the sea-ms to define pockets in communication with the entrances and to obviate bulging between the shirt and panel. In testimony whereof, I aHiX my signature.

CALVIN BEAN. 

